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 It is not a consolation but at least we now know what led most likely to the recent large-scale deaths of the tiger... |
 It was 6:30 in the morning, and my dive buddy and I were hauling our gear back from the big zodiac speedboat after a... |
Red Sea |
Forty-two miles off the Egyptian coast, the Brothers Islands rise up from the floor of the Red Sea 800 metres below... |
Red Sea |
In spite of Egypt’s current turmoil, I feel this exceptional country is still a place of interest and worth while... |
Africa |
Madagascar now has a roadmap for proposed one million hectare increase in marine protected areas to improve local... |
 Mention Africa to most divers and the Red Sea or South Africa usually springs to mind. To many travellers, let alone... |
Red Sea |
Egypt’s coral reefs contribute roughly between a third and a quarter of the country’s total tourist revenues.... |
 The use of Plastic bottles, containers and plastic bags comes with a dear price, something we kind of know, but not... |
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The Dive Expo is the official exhibition on the scuba diving calendar and scuba divers visit the show en masse to... |
 My guide and I saw the croc on the surface, basking in the sun, laying on the papyrus grass. It was a Nile crocodile... |
 Andrea Marshall details the big steps made in 2011 in the on-going battle to ensure the survival of the giant manta... |
 The Red Sea Governor’s Decree 379/2011 has established the south western area of Fanous Reef as a “safe zone” where... |
 The northern end of the Gulf of Aqaba in the Red Sea is full of new opportunities and fresh dive sites Find... |
Red Sea |
On August 2011, the whole world performed as one huge underwater photo grand prix, hosting 226 amateur and... |
 Oceans Discovery team launches tours allowing visitors to meet local shark experts |
 To find seclusion, special locations need to be found. One of these is Nuweiba, up in the Northern Sinai Gulf of... |
Sharks |
To understand why, let me share these images with you; they were all taken in 2008 when Aliwal Shoal was at its best... |
Red Sea |
Four Russian tourists who went missing while diving off Egypt's Red Sea Coast made it to shore safely on Tuesday, |
WW2 |
As the Red Sea narrows at its northern extreme, a long thin arm of water stretches north towards the Mediterranean.... |
Profiles |
Nowadays, sharks are big business and many divers and scientists have made a name for themselves by making new... |
 I checked in at Gatwick Airport on Saturday, the third of December, with three very large dive bags containing all... |
Jordan |
The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is just soaked in this special ambience that dreams and adventures are made of—the... |
 Carrying all we would need for the next five days, our expedition team travelled some 65 kilometres through shallow... |
 Four hundred and fifty kilometres north of Maputo, Mozambique’s capital, and half an hour from the historic... |
Tanzania |
Kilimanjaro, Ngorongoro Crater, the Serengeti... boasting a wealth of natural beauty that reads like a lexicon of... |
Zanzibar |
The spacious, purpose-built dhow slid through the calm Indian Ocean. We were briefed sitting under the shade area of... |
Africa |
Since times long forgotten, the promise of treasures such as diamonds, gold and platinum has attracted adventurers... |
 There is something special about it, the Red Sea, that I have not found anywhere else on the planet. Granted every... |
 Covering an area of over 1,200,000 sq km, with nearly 3000km of rugged coastline, South Africa boasts some of the... |
 I was on a deco stop in the cold waters of the national dive centre in the UK when my thoughts turned to diving the... |
Red Sea |
The majority of areas in Sharm el Sheikh will be open to diving activities for CDWS members and their clients... |
 It has come to our attention that there is a cedit card scam involving booking hotel rooms for the show. |
Red Sea |
Following the annulment yesterday of the decree that allowed fishing boats to fish in the protected waters of Egypt'... |
Red Sea |
Cleopatra's palace sank long ago into the Mediterranean in the harbour of Alexandria, Egypt, but visitors may... |
 The Chamber of Diving and Watersports (CDWS) of Egypt has so far black listed 23 dive operations in their... |
 Great Whites have created job opportunities and wealth creation beyond what Gansbaai could ever hope to aspire... |
Red Sea |
14 new moorings were installed at five different dive sites at and around the Tobia Islands. |
 Three and a half years ago, when it became evident that reckless commercial fishermen were killing tiger sharks in... |
 Water currents of South Africa could stabilize climate in Europe |
 On Thursday, the 17th of March, HEPCA organized a Crown of Thorns survey and cleanup at Carless Reef. |
 Dr Andrea Marshall of the Marine Mega Foundation is interviewed by the Naked Scientist about Manta Ray Eco-tourism... |
 and, finally, a new chapter in the Shark Dive Operation manuals throughout South Africa - and beyond. |
Red Sea |
Two Spanish tourists were missing in the Red Sea on Thursday after their dive boat sank off Ras Muhammad near the... |
 The four boats MY Typhoon, MY VIP One, MY Hyatt and Sweet Dream was in dry dock at Suez when the fire started, said... |
 Egypt’s Chamber of Diving and Watersports (CDWS) is appealing for visitors to help stamp out illegal fishing in the... |
Red Sea |
Egypt's Chamber of Diving and Watersports are close too complete an evaluation, to raise the quality of diving... |
Africa |
Chinese archaeologists will search for the remains of a Chinese ship believed to have sunk off the Kenyan coast 600... |
Red Sea |
Egyptian experts have begun to explore the depths of Lake Qarun south of Cairo using remote sensing radars in search... |
 Three holiday resorts in Ponta do Ouro, Mozambique - which mainly cater to the diving community - were razed by fire... |
 Brigitte Lenoir died Friday in Dahab, Red Sea during a training dive aiming at breaking the female's world record... |
Sharks |
Divers out of water to cross most land-locked point in the world! |
Dutch photographer Peter Verhoog was taking pictures of a large tiger shark, who then went on to try and and take... |
Turtles |
SOS Seaturtles of Switzerland and Turtle Foundation in Liechtenstein, join forces in the protection of loggerhead... |
Red Sea |
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 Edi and Robi Frommenwiler (the owners of the MV Pindito) are helping to support „OPERATION LOGGERHEAD“, a joint... |
Africa |
Developing countries which often suffer from the lack of control institutions contribute to overexploitation of fish... |
 South African Minister of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Marthinus van Schalkwyk, will gazette a proposal to... |
Sharks |
HEPCA - Most of you are aware of the death of the snorkeler at St. Johns by an Oceanic WhiteTip Shark earlier this... |
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Red Sea |
Night dive on the Marsa Nakari house reef, Marsa Alam, Egyptian Red Sea. A dolphin came by....._8-) |
Sharks |
This is a promo from the documentary Sharks in Deep Trouble by film maker and shark conservationist Lesley Rochat,... |
 Five species of pygmy seahorse have recently been discovered on coral reefs in the Red Sea and Indonesia. |
6,December 2007, Dmitry Podolsky and Gennady Fursov have achivied 202 meters to examine Legendary Wreck Yolanda. |
 The treasure-laden 16th-century Portuguese vessel that ran aground off Namibia’s Atlantic coast and was unearthed... |
Red Sea |
HEPCA (Hurghada Environmental Protection and Conservation Association) is working with HE General Magdi Kubeissi,... |
Red Sea |
An Egyptian medical official says two Polish scuba divers were killed when they were hit by a speedboat in the Red... |
Sharks |
A man has been charged in connection with catching and killing three tiger sharks within the Aliwal Shoal Marine... |
Sharks |
At least three big tiger sharks, possibly as many as eight sharks, from the school well known to the diving... |
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